This poem reminds us that sometimes our mind knows more than we do, and when this is the case, our mind may only be spoken by another’s tongue.
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“He climbed toward the blinding light
and when his eyes adjusted
he looked down and could see

his fellow prisoners captivated
by shadows; everything he had believed
was false…”

– Stephen Dunn
Allegory of the Cave

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"Sisyphus and the sudden lightness", Stephen Dunn
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I thought this poem was a really interesting look at someone with a disability or life-limiting illness.

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"Ghosts", from Landscape at the End of the Century, by Stephen Dunn

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